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		Misdicorl on Aug 24, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Does the Amazon provide 20% of our oxygen? This is not true for rainforests afaik. There is no fire cycle like for the mountain forests of the US West

chrisco255 on Aug 24, 2019 [–]

This is not true of the rainforests themselves, but the Amazon region is not 100% rainforest. It also has savannas and drier forests in parts of it (it's a massive region).

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